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Siemens Gamesa to supply Enel’s new Russian wind pipeline

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy will supply turbines for the 291MW of onshore wind power capacity Italian utility Enel won this week in a renewables tender in Russia.

Russian news website Russian Construction picked up statements released by Enel Russia General Director Carlo Palasciano during the company’s General Shareholders Meeting, in which he also mentioned the possibility of a new production facility in Russia. These statements were confirmed by an Enel spokesman.

Siemens Gamesa could not immediately comment on whether the OEM plans to start manufacturing turbine nacelles or blades in Russia, which is likely to be necessary to satisfy local content rules.

For wind farms commissioned in 2019 or later – which will be the case for Enel’s two Russian projects – a local content level of 65% must be met.

Other companies winning bids in the 1.65GW Russian tender were Finnish utility Fortum that took the biggest slice with a 1GW pipeline, followed by JSC VetroOGK, a unit of Russian nuclear giant Rosatom, which won the rights to build another 360MW.

Some 250MW not awarded in this year’s tender will go towards capacity to be auctioned off next year, although the volume of the coming tender still isn’t known.

Russia aims to derive 4.5% of its energy generation from renewables with 5.5GW in capacity installed by 2024.

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Siemens Gamesa to supply Enel’s new Russian wind pipeline

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy will supply turbines for the 291MW of onshore wind power capacity Italian utility Enel won this week in a renewables tender in Russia.

Russian news website Russian Construction picked up statements released by Enel Russia General Director Carlo Palasciano during the company’s General Shareholders Meeting, in which he also mentioned the possibility of a new production facility in Russia. These statements were confirmed by an Enel spokesman.

Siemens Gamesa could not immediately comment on whether the OEM plans to start manufacturing turbine nacelles or blades in Russia, which is likely to be necessary to satisfy local content rules.

For wind farms commissioned in 2019 or later – which will be the case for Enel’s two Russian projects – a local content level of 65% must be met.

Other companies winning bids in the 1.65GW Russian tender were Finnish utility Fortum that took the biggest slice with a 1GW pipeline, followed by JSC VetroOGK, a unit of Russian nuclear giant Rosatom, which won the rights to build another 360MW.

Some 250MW not awarded in this year’s tender will go towards capacity to be auctioned off next year, although the volume of the coming tender still isn’t known.

Russia aims to derive 4.5% of its energy generation from renewables with 5.5GW in capacity installed by 2024.